US President Donald Trump will give a nationally and internationally televised address on Thursday about newly declassified intelligence on investigations into US elections and what the White House says are voting machine vulnerabilities.
The Republican president could use his televised speech to again press his false claim that he lost the 2020 election to Democrat Joe Biden due to massive fraud.
Propelled by Trump’s repeated claims that US elections are “rigged,” the administration has for over a year sought to increase federal oversight of election administration and reshape the way Americans vote – an effort that legal experts say would take power away from states in violation of the US Constitution.
Trump: "President Trump will be making a Speech to the Nation on Thursday evening, at 9 P.M. Eastern. Thank you for your attention to this matter!" pic.twitter.com/WxvptrppZ6— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 13, 2026
With Republican control of Congress at stake in the November midterm elections, Democrats and some election security experts have expressed concerns that the Trump administration plans to interfere in those contests.
